<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/commencement/commencement-archive/commencement-2022/2022-citations-and-remarks/citation-recognizing-honorary-degree-recipient-and-commencement-speaker-viet-thanh-nguyen.html" dsn="news"><featured>false</featured><pubDate>05/12/2022</pubDate><title>Citation Recognizing Honorary Degree Recipient and Commencement Speaker Viet Thanh Nguyen</title><description>Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, grew up in the central highlands of Vietnam before coming to the United States as a refugee in 1975. He and his family initially...Franklin &amp; Marshall College offers students a hands-on education that emphasizes close relationships with faculty. Students flourish in a supportive community that treats them as an individual, and their successes continue long after F&amp;M. The College is a national leader in launching students and alumni to opportunities where they make a difference in the community and the world.</description><author>Office of Communications</author><image><img src="https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/1421350566-05543ff4bf966c421662ae58b5514b59751b89cc9f7bed440b0f8675ff1914a5-d_295x166" alt="Dr Viet Thanh Nguyen"/></image><image-caption/></item>